Around the world in 730 days

Dear Diary,

Jesse:  I am gobsmacked that this blog has been on the internet for 2 years now!  I can't believe that all this time has passed already and we're headed into our third year of sending goodness from New Zealand around the world.



I've kept a record of all the countries which have visited the blog.  The statistics don't show if these visitors return or if everyone is new.  Some countries seem odd and I can't explain how or why someone came by to take a look.  But, for whatever the reason, we've been viewed around the globe.  Here are the 76 countries which have checked us out:



Algeria, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Bhutan, Botswana, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatamala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldavia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Republic, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam.

That's been quite a ride and without the jet-lag!  We hope that we've made some friends along the way.  Our visits keep increasing; the highest number of visits in one day is 578.

To end, I'll wish "Happy 2nd Birthday!" to A Boy Doll Diary.


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